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In reply to the discussion: Want to know what #gamergate is really all about? [View all]LostInAnomie
(14,428 posts)19. I know that's the line, but wouldn't someone have to actually be intimidated for it to work?
And, by "actually be intimidated" I real people, not some faceless/nameless group that people anecdotally allude to without evidence.
Simply look to the internet to see the if intimidation was a tactic, if is failing catastrophically. Youtube is awash with anti-gamergate videos. Twitter is awash with anti-gamergate tweets. Online gaming magazines feature anti-gamergate articles daily. Tumblr is overwhelmingly gamergate. Reddit has multiple gamergate subreddits, and is notorious for censoring gamergate posts when it started gaining steam. Hell, we're on DU discussing an anti-gamergate vid, where I am seemingly the only gamergate supporter.
Who is actually being intimidated away from discussing gamergate?
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My only quibble about it is that while he does an amazing job on the underlying assumptions
el_bryanto
Oct 2014
#4
How do you stop random trolls and crazy people? Especially, on the internet.
LostInAnomie
Oct 2014
#13
I know that's the line, but wouldn't someone have to actually be intimidated for it to work?
LostInAnomie
Oct 2014
#19
So, gamergate is responsible for someonethat doesnt even mention gamergate?
LostInAnomie
Oct 2014
#28